E340 Raising Cane's Founder Todd Graves
This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von
Theo Von
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🗓️ 18 May 2021
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Theo sits down with Raising Cane's founder, Todd Graves, to discuss what it takes to start a business from scratch, how to maintain a balance between success and happiness and Todd tells us how he went from risking his life as a commercial fisherman in Alaska to owning a billion dollar chicken finger dynasty.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's guest is a business entrepreneur in the food realm. |
| 0:04.8 | And he started his deal right in Baton Rouge, |
| 0:08.9 | his first outlet, his first food locale right there in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, |
| 0:14.7 | where I was attending school. |
| 0:17.7 | And you know, now he's built it into a billion dollar industry. |
| 0:23.2 | Grateful for his time today, just to learn about what his ride has been like and what he's learned. |
| 0:29.3 | And what we can learn from him. |
| 0:31.8 | Today's guest is the chicken finger champ from Raising Cain's It is Mr. Todd. |
| 0:39.4 | Great. |
| 1:09.0 | Todd Graves, how are you man? |
| 1:10.5 | Man, I'm great. |
| 1:11.3 | I'm even better being up here with you. |
| 1:12.9 | Yeah, thanks man. |
| 1:13.8 | Thanks so much for coming in. |
| 1:14.9 | I, uh, so your business now, so Raising Cain's is a chicken finger company. |
| 1:20.5 | Yeah. |
| 1:21.1 | And how big is the business now? |
| 1:23.8 | Now we're pushing 600 locations and almost 25 years of business. |
| 1:27.0 | So it blows me away. |
| 1:28.0 | We're about to start cranking about a hundred a year. |
| 1:30.3 | Good locations, man. |
| 1:31.2 | So it blows me away. |
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